Enter Kaoru

On a ship bound to Sodor, Akiza, Hiro, and Steve were getting to know Kaoru, "So let me get this straight, Kaoru. You're Mr. Shiba's youngest daughter and his third child?" Akiza asked.

"That's right."

"And you're a respected Student Leader among your classmates?" Steve asked.

"I do have a certain reputation."

"And you've decided to join us since you were selected for the Foreign Exchange Program?" Hiro wondered.

"Basically, yes."

Akiza spoke, "You've already done a good job at home but remember this is a foreign country and adapting is going to be tough. Ask the British Built Engines on the Imperial Dragon Railway."

"I'll manage somehow."

"Akiza, and I have never been to Sodor so we're gonna need Hiro's guidance." Steve said.

"So that's that I'm here for." Hiro realized.

Kaoru spoke, "If I wasn't in the Foreign Exchange Program Hiro then my father would've sent Boris or Coley to Sodor."

"But you're in the program so Mr. Shiba sent three Japanese engines today." Akiza said.

"I know." Kaoru answered.

"The good news is that by the time you arrive it'll be Friday evening so that'll give you some time to settle in." Hiro said.

"Thank goodness."

"Although some of us may be pressed into service and Rosie over here may have to do Percy's work." Steve said.

"For now let's just get some sleep. It's almost night." So they turned in for the night.

Meanwhile on Sodor, Camille Carol and the Ed Boys were going by the houses of the Tidmoth Student Council setting up some speakers.

"This should do it." Double-D said.

"You set these up to go off at the Crack of Dawn right?" Camille asked.

"Precisely."

"This is gonna be so cool." Carol smiled.

"You bet it is." Eddy agreed.

"And that'll give the school something to laugh at." Camille smirked.

"I'm in my happy place, guys!" Ed ran around.

"Anyway, tomorrow is Friday so we're gonna need to be working hard." Carol said. The others agreed to that as they turned in for the night.

Next morning it was almost the crack of dawn. Carol and the Ed Boys had slept over at Camille's house so as to get a full view of the prank in motion via Magic Circle.

"This is it." Eddy said in excitement.

Double-D started it up. The same wakeup call that Ed and Eddy used before was now being played in the houses of the new student council and thanks to Camille's magic it didn't disturb the island. Each one of them fell out of their beds feeling they were under attack.

Eddy laughed, "This is comedy!"

"Happy place! Happy place!" Ed cheered.

"Smiles all around." Carol smiled.

"I must say this went surprisingly well." Double-D admitted.

"Either way Kaoru is going to be here this evening so we better tell her what's going on." Camille said. The Eds saluted.

Later on, Maggie, Geoff, Carl, Edna and Camille were traveling on a train pulled by Josh to Equestria going to Appleloosa along with the Mane Six.

"So tell me again why we're going back to Appleloosa?" Twilight asked.

"Because I think the town could use a bit of help." Camille explained.

"Well, we already settled the dispute between the ponies there and the buffalo." Rainbow said.

"Yes but the place is a western frontier town and it could use some help." Geoff said.

"And as a chef I doubt apples alone will help the town. Plus one pony leader is not a good idea. No offense but there needs to be structure." Maggie added.

"Well, good point." Applejack admitted.

"And this can give the four of us a chance to put our leadership skills together." Edna added.

"Clever thinking." Twilight said.

"And Carol and Brian stayed behind so that the manager wouldn't be completely without employees." Carl put in.

"Hopefully Josh will be able to make this trip easier on us all since he's the one taking the train." Rarity hoped.

"No sense in complaining." Applejack said.

"And it's not like a heard of buffalo are gonna stampede right beside the train." Camille chuckled.

"Happened once." Applejack admitted.

"It could happen again and Josh and his crew are not used to animals." Geoff added.

"Just hope for the best." Twilight replied.

"And prepare for the worst." Carl put in.

"Hopefully it doesn't come to that." Edna finished. They just enjoyed the train ride.

Meanwhile, in the human world back at Sea, Kaoru was enjoying the weather on the ship as she could almost sense that Sodor was getting closer, "Ah, this feels so good," Kaoru was in her happy place for the moment, "Things don't get much better than this."

Little did Kaoru know that things were about to get better for her. At the same time, Akiza, Steve, and Hiro were discussing how Kaoru would perform in a British school and Rosie who had been silent during the conversation as also there.

"She'll do a lot of good." Steve said.

"Hopefully she'll be able to clean up Tidmoth High." Rosie hoped.

"You and me both." Akiza replied.

"I'm a little worried about what Kaoru is going to do should she cross paths with the student council." Hiro said.

"That's a problem." Rosie admitted.

"Considering whose been elected to the council. Mr. Shiba was worried while Mai looked ready to torch somebody." Steve said.

"If she did that there'd be more problems." Hiro noted.

"Hiro, you seem to forget that the current Mr. Shiba is also an Arkeyan so in a way Mai is serving the Arkeyan Empire." Akiza reminded him.

"That's what scares me."

Steve put in, "And if the council dishonors Kaoru the Arkeyan Sorcerer Emperor is sure to send in an armada fleet. You know how the Arkeyans can get."

"Exactly." Hiro said.

"Kaoru is going to have to avoid dirtying her own hands and rely on her wits while making changes." Rosie noted.

"Won't be easy." Steve said.

"Hopefully, she'll manage." Hiro replied.

"Perhaps we should've gotten Camille's cousin Mayumi to help but then again she did flunk a test." Rosie suggested.

"Yeah, major bombed." Hiro said.

"And she's head of the School News Paper at Verbena Academy?" Akiza asked.

"Sounds like she needs to focus more on her grades and less on gathering gossip." Steve said.

"That's for sure." Hiro agreed.

"No wonder Daichi says Camille refers to Mayumi as her flat as a board dumbass cousin." Akiza noted.

Hiro spoke sternly, "That's not funny, Akiza."

Steve held in a laugh. Rosie was already laughing loudly at Akiza's comment.

"Rosie thinks it's funny." Akiza stated.

"Rosie is a young engine and she has much to learn." Hiro replied.

"Hiro's gotcha there." Steve admitted. Akiza sighed as she knew Steve had a point.

Meanwhile back in Equestria, Josh arrived at Appleloosa and true to Camille's word he was surrounded by a whole herd of Buffalos.

Josh spoke to the buffalo, "Uh, hi, guys. You're not here to attack me are you?"

One of them answered, "Of course not. We only wish to welcome you."

Josh sighed, "That's a relief. Last time the Mane Six were here you rammed the Earth Ponies pulling the Train. Honestly I don't know how a team of Ponies could pull a train. That's probably why we have an engine from Sodor to help out but anyway who among you is the leader?"

"That would be me. Chief Thunderhooves." said the boss.

"Very impressive," he heard the doors of the Coaches opening, "And I'm sure you know the Mane Six and their human friends by now."

"Ah, welcome back my friends."

"Howdy Chief." Spike greeted.

"Hope y'all haven't been causing trouble like before." Applejack said.

"Not at all, Applejack." The chief answered.

"What happened here before A.J?" Geoff asked.

"The ponies of this here land and the buffalo were at a disagreement and fought for their territory."

"But we helped them come to an agreement. By teaching them to share and care." Twilight explained.

"Except Pinkie said it thorough a horrible song and dance." Rainbow noted.

Pinkie pouted, "I was just trying to help."

"Well, at least you tried something," Camille said, "Anyway where's the sheriff? I have some supplies for him that may make life for the Ponies here easier."

"You'll have to talk with Sheriff Silverstar." The chief answered.

"Where can we find him?" Edna asked.

"He's in the center of Town."

"Thanks for the help." Carl thanked him.

The Mane Six and their human friends went to go see the sheriff but what they didn't know was that they would have another human visitor later in the evening. They reached the sheriff's office.

"Hello? Anybody home?" Maggie asked.

Sheriff Silverstar entered, "Well, howdy, y'all."

"Hello, sheriff. So how are you doing running the town?" Camille asked.

"Things have been going well since both our kind came to an agreement."

"But running a town on your own is kinda tough." Carl guessed.

"It can be nerve wrecking, but some pony's gotta do it."

"Perhaps you should elect a town council. One pony from each of the classes in town." Edna explained.

"Hmm. Not a bad idea."

Geoff spoke, "Considering there are only four classes in town. The Upper Class, the Merchants, the Cooks and the Laborers. Personally you might want to make sure that the town council doesn't have too much power."

"I hear ya." The sheriff agreed.

"Okay so let's get the council put together right away." Edna ordered.

"You betcha." Silverstar nodded.

While Silverstar the Mane Six and their human friends went to put the council together Josh returned to Sodor to give the news about Appleloosa.

"So far Appleloosa seems to be doing okay." Josh said.

"I don't get how the residents of the town survived on apples for at least a year." Nicole wondered.

"It's how they are apparently." Josh answered.

"Yeah but what about their diets? I'm a little worried that they might be going down." Edward said in worry.

"Well, they are ponies so their diets aren't like others." Josh explained.

Natalie spoke, "But it's their human friends I'm worried about. Hopefully they remembered to bring some fresh meat with them."

"If they did they better eat it out of sight from the ponies." Josh said.

"Relax. Edna had a word with me about the fact that they brought enough fresh meat for the three days that they'd be away." Nicole said.

"Thank goodness." Josh sighed.

Natalie spoke, "Either way we should get back to work. The Fat Controller and Prince Zuko would want that."

"Right." Josh confirmed.

"And Hiro, Akiza, and Steve are gonna be here soon." Edward finished. So they got back to work.

Back in Appleloosa the gang was having a town hall meeting with the residents and their human visitors, "All right every pony settle down." The sheriff began.

"This is it. I still can't believe we had Maggie, Geoff, Carl, and Edna serve as the first council till Pony leaders could be found." Twilight said.

"This is so awesome." Rainbow beamed.

"Remember Rainbow Dash, Issues are gonna be brought up." Rarity reminded her.

"So we must be prepared for the worse." Fluttershy finished.

Silverstar began, "So by a show of hooves who is happy with the job that our human friends are doing as your council leaders?" Many of them raised their hooves, "Who is unhappy with the job our human friends are doing as your council leaders?" Only a few raised their hooves, "Okay let's start with those who aren't happy with the job the council is doing."

A small buffalo that was familiar to the Mane Six spoke, "I'm gonna say this. You four are new here and you really need to get to know the locals. Some of us view you as outsiders."

"Little Strongheart does bring up a good point." Spike admitted.

Applejack agreed, "I hear ya Spike. The Council is human after all. Let's see how they deal with that comment."

"We take no offense to that because it's true. We're not too famous here so it's best to get to know everyone here." Geoff said.

Braeburn asked, "You're in charge of the Laborers right?"

"That's correct." Geoff confirmed.

"Then I have to ask when we're gonna get additional water pumps for the town?" Braeburn asked.

"Already looking into it."

"He's right. I had to Waterbend the water out from the pipe till Camille used her magic to fix it." Carl explained.

"But rest assured it'll all be taken care of." Geoff promised.

"We'll personally see to it." Carl added.

"Does anybody from the Cook Class have anything to say?" Maggie asked.

One of the Ponies in the cook class spoke, "We were told we'd be getting more foods besides apples as of late."

Maggie confirmed, "Yes and they will be here by tomorrow morning at the latest." The ponies looked joyed to hear the news.

Edna spoke, "I can tell that you're getting tired of having just apples. Believe me I know. It sucks that Maggie and I have to keep making apple themed dishes. No offense to the Apple Family."

"None taken." A.J answered.

Little Strongheart spoke, "I have one question. Why are the upper class ponies in this town sitting on their butts? I thought Edna was pushing you guys to help out where needed."

An Upper class pony spoke in outrage, "Excuse me? Are you implying that we don't work? Because we work bloody hard, thank you."

Maggie spoke, "I haven't seen that yet. And Edna, Carl, Geoff, and I just got here."

Little Strongheart added, "Well, we can't do all the work and leave them to do less than us."

Edna spoke, "Little Strongheart is right. I'll push the Upper Class to work harder and assist where they're needed. I myself need to work the hardest since I'm leading the Upper Class."

"You do that." Maggie said.

"Now that we've got that settled the new Water Pumps and out houses should be set up right about now." Carl said.

"Good to know." Silverstar smiled.

"Now if there no other issues then this town hall meeting is over." Geoff declared. Silverstar dismissed them.

Back in the Castle Terminal the Sinister Sisters were having a word with Mindy about what to do with the Eds, "So let me see if I got this right. You want to drag the tall yellow one down to the underworld and torment him with soap and Water?"

"Of course, among the Ed's he's the easiest to crack." Sapphire said.

"And he needs to pay for drooling on our diaries." Scarlett added.

"So will you help us?" Sage pleaded.

"Of course I will help you. In fact. I will personally join you in dragging Ed down to the underworld. But first I need you to help me torment Kaoru. Camille said that you three used to abuse people with your family's magic."

"Of course." Scarlett said.

"Then let's go.' Mindy ordered. The Four girls then left on a Shadow Liner before heading to the surface.

Soon enough the Shadow Liner had made topside, "It's almost evening and we're on the edge of Brendam." mindy explained.

"Then let's find this punk ass bitch and humiliate her." Sage said eagerly.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Scarlett agreed.

"But how do we go about it? Do we even have a plan?" Sapphire asked.

"Just do what Devina said you usually do and drop manure on the punk." Mindy ordered.

"Simple enough." Sage admitted.

At the Docks Ezekiel and Edward were watching as the ship was being docked and the passengers were getting off. Cranky was beginning to unload the Engines one by one. The eds were watching as well.

"I tell this to Argus all the time Cranky and I'm gonna tell this to you. Handle my friends gently." Ezekiel ordered him.

"I know. I know." Cranky began lifting Hiro from the ship first.

"Steady. Easy does it." Double-D guided it.

Soon Hiro was lowered gently to the Rails, "Wasn't so bad."

"You were right. Sea travel is a good thing." Kaoru said that as Hiro's tender was lowered to the Rails before Cranky went to lift Steve out of the ship.

"Yeah once you get past any rough waters and waves." Hiro said.

"Considering you've done this multiple times before, Hiro." Steve noted.

"You get used to it." Hiro said,

Steve sighed as he was lowered to the rails with his tender following next.

"Is that it? Just two of you?" Eddy asked.

"There are two more engines still in there." Kaoru said.

"Oh, where, where?!" Ed asked excitedly.

"Up here you dolt." The Eds and Kaoru saw Akiza being lifted onto the rails and knew she was the one who spoke.

"Kaoru, who is that?" Double-D wondered.

"Boys, meet Akiza."

"So which one is Akiza?" Eddy asked.

Double-D spoke, "I believe she's talking about the Steam Engine with 4 wheels in front, six in the middle, and 4 in the back. Better known as a 4-6-4 Hudson. But this one is a Japanese National Railway Hudson. I'm not sure which class of Hudson it is since I don't have any books on Japanese National Railway Steam Engines."

"Does she carry chickens? I love chickens." Ed said happily.

"Ed, shut up." Eddy said.

Akiza was lowered to the rails and as her Tender was being lifted she had to comment on the scene, "Is this how these three usually are?"

"Apparently so." Kaoru answered.

Akiza spoke to Double-D, "Well, to answer your question I'm a JNR C61 Hudson. And not to sound rude but your tall friend smells rancid!"

Eddy interrupted, "If that means stinky we already know it."

"When was the last time he took a shower?" Akiza asked.

"Remember when Bionicle Mask of Light aired on Toonami?" Eddy asked.

"I remember that." Kaoru admitted.

"Before that." Eddy noted.

They all gagged in repulse, as Ed stood while as always being clueless. Right on cue a giant bar of soap fell on Ed. He screamed, "AH! Yucky icky soap!" He ran around in hysterics. As he ran around in hysterics a pile of mud fell upon Kaoru just as Cranky was lifting Rosie from the ship and onto the Rails.

"Oh, dear, Kaoru!" Double-D cried.

Kaoru suddenly dug herself out of the mud, "Who is stupid enough to dump mud upon me?!"

"Hi y'all!" Scarlett greeted.

"Remember us?" Sapphire asked.

"Those are the Sinister Sisters!" Double-D panicked.

"The who?" Kaoru asked.

"Three creepy witches that've been causing trouble around this railway and other places." Eddy explained.

"And they used to be Camille's old friends." Rosie added.

"All that's in the past." Sage answered.

"Now we're here to pull some pranks." Scarlett snapped her fingers causing the soap to turn into soapy bath water.

"Don't wanna be clean!" Ed cried.

"Given the stench of the yellow one I for one am glad the Sinister Sisters are here." Akiza said.

"Soon you won't be glad." Scarlett warned them.

"And what are you three little skanks gonna do to us? Most of my pals are steam engines. You can't hurt us." Ezekiel mocked.

"You'd be surprised at what we can do." Sapphire said.

Before anybody could react the mud then vanished before falling on the Sinister Sisters and Kaoru was not only unharmed but clean.

"Sounds like child's play to me. Oh and one more thing." Kaoru snapped her fingers causing the mud to turn into manure as more buried the sisters.

The three popped out of the manure looking ticked off, "This is one for the history books." Eddy laughed.

"Hooray!" Ed cheered.

"That's what you get for messing with the Shiba Clan."

"Shiba Clan? Kaoru, you wouldn't happen to know a Mr. Shiba would you?" Double-D asked.

"Of course I do." Kaoru answered.

"I forgot to mention that Kaoru is Mr. Shiba's Daughter. His youngest Daughter." Akiza explained.

"Daughter?" The Eds asked collectively.

"Pretty much. My name is Kaoru Shiba."

"I'll have to remember that." Double-D committed to memory.

"The only thing you'll be remembering is a kick in the butt!" Sage called.

"Over my dead body." Kaoru then cast a simple spell that tossed the Sinister Sisters into a pile of fish.

Scarlett growled, "You've won this round. But we'll be back." The Sisters then left.

"Come back when you finish witch school bitches!" Kaoru called.

"That was fun." Ed said with a smile.

"And you smell clean at last." Ezekiel said in relief.

"Fish bath!" Ed cheered, as he jumped into the same fish pile the sisters fell in.

"Well, at least everything is back to normal. For now." Double-D noted.

"Yeah at the expense of Ed's hygiene." Rosie added. Ed was swimming around in the fish pile laughing.

"Hey wait isn't Ed allergic to Fish?" Eddy asked.

"Technically his allergies are to Rabbits, Eels, and Butterscotch." The Smart Ed explained.

"Either way I'm gonna go get settled in at Knapford." Kaoru said.

"You go do that." Double-D said.

"I'll take you there myself. I have to take a goods train to Knapford anyway and fill in for Stafford." Ezekiel offered. So Kaoru got on and Ezekiel took off.

"Oh man Ezekiel forgot to push our tenders to us." Akiza gasped.

"Now where are we gonna sleep?" Steve asked.

"We could stay at the shed here at Brendam Docks?" Hiro suggested.

"About the only thing you can do." Double-D said. The three agreed Edward pushed them to their tenders and took them to the sheds to get some rest for the work ahead.